Gang shooting hanover park
Murdered Gift of the Givers volunteer laid to rest
Ameerodien Noordien (19) was walking to a shop opposite his family home in Surwood Walk at around 7 pm on Friday evening when he was caught in a hail of bullets...
Octavia Johanessen, who was a grade 9 pupil at Crystal High School in Hanover Park, had gone to a house shop in Howick Court when rival gangsters opened fire.
The victim is believed to have been standing outside a house when gangsters opened fire.
The Community Policing Forum says the teenager was targeted by two gangsters wearing school uniforms.
Emergency services were called out to the scene of a shooting crime where they discovered the teenager’s body.
Community Safety MEC Dan Plato has condemned two separate shootings during which a mother was killed & a five-year-old and six-month-old were wounded.
Alfred Zeegers will be discharged from hospital after he was shot in the hand and stomach allegedly Hanover Park earlier this week.
No arrests have been made in connection with a spate of shootings in Bonteheuwel & Hanover Park.
The health facility was closed last year, due to a spate of gang violence.
Authorities will not reopen the Hanover Park Clinic following several incidents of gang violence.
The Hanover Park CPF claims seven people have been killed in gang shootings in the last week.
Residents intend marching to the homes of gangsters to request them to stop shooting.
In the most recent incident, police apprehended a suspect following a fatal shooting in the area last night.
Police say no arrests have been made in connection with the murder of a 13-year-old Hanover Park boy.
Police are adamant that child recruitment into gangs is under control.
Gangsters are reportedly recruiting schoolchildren in the community.
Hanover Park parents fear the worst for their sons who are being recruited by gangs.
It remains unclear whether the shooting of a 20-year-old man is linked to gang violence.
Nathi Mthethwa appealed to residents to help police rid their community of drug dealers and gangsters